Overview

• The US State Department has received nearly 50,000 enquiries from South Africans seeking refuge under the Afrikaner resettlement program.
• Two groups of Afrikaner refugees—59 in mid-May and nine in late May—have already landed in the United States under the initiative announced in February.
• A State Department official told The Daily Caller that arrivals could reach hundreds or even thousands by the latter half of summer 2025.
• The administration expedited processing for white South Africans while suspending other US refugee admissions indefinitely.
• Critics and the South African government say the program is politically motivated, racially biased and has strained bilateral relations.